Stargate Friday!

[castalia]

Woohoo! I love Fridays. Even better when I've got the house to myself and I can take the laptop into the living room and review as I watch.



Whoa, what happened to Daniel. Major owwies this week, and so soon after his gunshot wound.

Hee. If I was touring a museum and an exhibit suddenly came to life and spit a machine out of it, I'd probably boggle a bit, too.

Man, SG1 looks so odd coming through the gate with only three people. Teal'c still makes me do a double-take. Besides the hair, it doesn't look like he owns shirts with sleeves anymore.

Great, Carter's already cutting Daniel off mid-explanation. How fun.

Ok, so this is all taking place over at least two months? Man.

Heh. Daniel begged Jack to go and now he's gotten himself injured. The reaction should be interesting.

No way of knowing if Daniel's still alive? So what else is new? A few weeks ago they had no way of knowing you were alive, Sam. That never deters the SGC.

I really hate these Oscar Meyer bologna commercials. Geez, my kingdom for a Tivo.

Ok, now another six weeks has gone by? That explains how all his facial cuts have completely healed, at least.

Love, love, love Daniel in a bomber jacket. Yum.

Oh boy, now Jack's gonna negotiate? Pardon my skepticism, but he's not the most diplomatic guy ever. It's also not the greatest idea for the base commander to go off-world whenever he feels like it. But hey, he's going after Daniel, so I won't complain.

Hee. All these global maps with the missile paths reminds me of War Games. Let's play Global Thermonuclear War! No? Ok, how 'bout a nice game of Tic Tac Toe?

Man, Daniel's shooting at actual people. Have we seen that before? I can't think of any specific instance, but I could be forgetting something.

Ah, so Jack's going to make the bad guy come to him. Smart move.

Whoa, t-shirt. Niiiiice muscles in that shirt, Dr. Jackson.

Heh, go Teal'c! Way to be blunt. So far I'm liking the new, talky Teal'c.

"He's a resourceful fellow.", lol. Very true, Jack.

Ohh, so those two are married. Did they mention that before or did I blink? Daniel, let's not flirt with the married woman.

And Jack snaps. Looks like the pressure's already getting to him, poor thing.

Geez, and now we get jealousy stuff. Ok, ick. I hate cheating, in any case, and she totally didn't answer the question.

Eep, Chris Judge might want to cut back on the pectoral exercises. He's starting to get man boobs.

Awww, what a cute little exchange here. And Daniel speaks Goa'uld! I love this scene. We even get a fish reference :)

Whoa, Daniel relayed all that during that short conversation? I'm impressed.

Man, Daniel's quite the soldier in this ep. Lots of shooting. I don't know why fic writers keep stressing Daniel will never be a good soldier. He seems to hold his own in these situations.

Has religion *ever* been shown in a good light on this show? Really, the dead horse theme of religious oppression and insanity is getting a bit overused.

Oh god, next week Teal'c gets trapped in a video game. Anyone else thinking that one ep of X-Files where the video game sort of comes to life?


Now for the really important part of the evening - Atlantis! Eeeee!

Aiee, Rodney got zapped!!

I see they cut out the bit where you could see Sheppard's panties. Darn.

*dies* Oh my god, this scene. Facial paralysis...only Rodney would get shot in the face. And Carson is there to toment him a bit. I love it *snicker*

Nine missions already? And we've seen what, two?

I admit it, I still laugh when I see Rainbow's name in the credits. Those were some cruel parents, yo.

Rodney, Rodney, Rodney. You shouldn't put your feet on the table. Oh, what the hell, everything you do is cute.

This other soldier dude is obnoxious. I hope we're not gonna go the SG1 route, where everyone not on the main team is stupid and/or obnoxious.

They've already been in Atlantis for three months? Whoa, that's quite a jump ahead. Their timeline is on crack. I guess they're trying to keep it alongside SG1 time-wise.

So far Weir seems to prefer her civilian clothes over any uniform. I'm sure it's more comfortable, and I like seeing something not-a-uniform, but not sure that does her command any good.

Doctor Zelenka! Huzzah! I love all these recurring secondary characters.

McKay has *really* weird eating habits. Just, ew. Military food?

Heh, now even Teyla's people are holding meetings without her. I'd start feeling completely left out if I were her. She's keeping a nice level head here, though.

Ford *is* like an overeager kid. Or a puppy. But if I were cooped up like that, I'd wanna call shotgun too.

See, they already have food production problems. Didn't they make any sort of preparations at all? Did they just bring a bunch of MREs, except for the food they ate at that first dinner?

Hee, continuity ho! Sheppard's so gonna have a fear of bugs now.

More Beckett, please. Surely that's not Carson's only scene in this one. Not fair when we're having to see Halling so much.

No accident that Teyla is wearing the Atlantis uniform in this scene. So is Halling now the leader of the Athosians, or will she still have some sort of say?

Do they have any sort of team setup yet? We have eight people going through the gate, so is that two teams? Have Sheppard, McKay, Ford and Teyla become the new SG1?

Aw, another cute scientist, and an anthropologist this time. They've got the best geeks on this show. I hope we get to see the same ones more often, since theoretically they only have so many people there (did we ever get a head count?).

And now Sheppard gets stunned as well. An ep full of injuries. Too bad the stun thing is relatively benign, sort of like zat blasts.

Aww, Rodney will so not leave people behind now! I love this development in him.

Dude, this is an uppity sergeant.

Nice to see Teyla asking for confirmation before going through the gate. On SG1, they tend to just go through, and one would think people get squished by the iris that way.

Whoa, that was an abrupt scene change. I wasn't really sure when they stopped being in the gate room and started being in the conference room.

Ooh boy, Rodney isn't going to take to instructions like these very well. What right does this security guy have ordering him around, anyway? I got the feeling McKay is pretty high up in the Atlantis hierarchy.

So the locket is a trasmitter? Who the hell put it there?

Ok, so the Wraith put it there? And then Teyla's father somehow got hold of it. Yeah...gotcha.

Hee. Rodney is so impatient when people don't get what he's saying.

Ha! Now Rodney and Shep are finishing each other's sentences. Ok, too cute. And now they're bantering, and Rodney's all nervous b/c of the upcoming mission. I like these two interacting.

I love McKay in the field. He can act under fire (like pulling Shep out of there), but beforehand is nervous as hell. So frelling cute.

Omg, they actually had to say "The Angus Diet is not a real diet" on this dorky Hardees commerical. Because some people are probably stupid enough to think that going out and eating nothing but huge bacon-cheeseburgers will help them lose weight. Oy.

Damn, Teyla's a good shot. Cool how she's taking on this one Wraith by herself, when four guys are taking the other one.

Man, these two are getting a beating this ep! Rodney and Shep are walking trouble magnets.

I wish they'd let Teyla win on her own, but nooo, Shep has to save her. Dammit.

No more Carson in this one? Unfair! *pouts*

Um, how smart is it to keep this Wraith in the city with them? These guys can make people see things that aren't there, after all.

"Okie-dokie. I'm gonna go make myself a sandwich." Ok, it's official, I've fallen for the snark. Sheppard has wormed his way into my affections.

Well, not the strongest ep of the season, but I liked it. It was Teyla's turn to get some development, and she's not irritating me or anything. Still a bit boring, but that may be actress issues. I'm finally seeing some nice interation between her and Weir, with the whole shared burdens of leadership thing.

Rodney is still bringing teh funneh, and even though Carson wasn't around much to banter with him (grr), he and Shep have a good buddy vibe going. Not sure I see the slash there (I have a feeling there will het in Sheppard's future, anyway), but they already make good friends, and that's cool too.

I gotta wait another week for a new ep? God, I hate waiting. I am *never* going to survive the fall hiatus...

Comments

[kerikeri.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I like Sheppard and McKay as friends too. Any attempt at slashing them gets a "does not compute" brain-shutdown from me, but the friendly guys-messing-around banter is fun.

And there definitely wasn't enough Carson-- come on, he only got like two lines! Poor guy, seems he's doomed to only get a lot of attention when someone's seriously injured. I hope they eventually develop his character beyond his job requirements. And I agree, having to put up with so much Halling when Carson was so ignored was a crime. Halling was a whiny little bitch in this episode. I'm glad he's gone. (Why exactly has he had screen time in every episode so far? He hasn't even done anything important!)

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

I want them all to be friends. I want a big happy family :)

I know! And only in the first act. Very very unfair. Good news is he's getting a big ep focused on him this season ("Poisoning the Well", 7th ep); bad news is it looks like he pays a lot of attention to an alien doctor chick. More good news is she's a one-ep guest, so yay :)

I liked Halling at first, but damn, he *is* a whiny little bitch. He's really starting to get on my nerves. Maybe it's a good thing the Athosians have moved to the mainland.

[kerikeri.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'd read that about "Poisoning the Well". I really hope they don't go there with the whole "working closely with alien doctor chick" thing, even if she is a one-shot guest. Poor Rodney would be so jealous.

It probably is a good thing the Athosians moved, though I don't think it was really clearly explained why Teyla chose to stay (except that, you know, she's a regular :P). For someone so devoted to "her people", she's awfully quick to desert them in favor of a group from another galaxy who she's only known for three months.

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

Dude, have you seen this pic?



Look at Rodney's face. He certainly doesn't look happy that Carson's smiling at the alien doctor chick.

I'd rather there not be romance involved either, but as long as it's just a little flirting, I'm ok with it. Really, until they know what sort of consequences could be involved (diseases, pregnancy, etc), they shouldn't go around sleeping with any aliens.

I think Teyla doesn't want her people cut off without having access to the gate and any knowledge the Atlantis crew might come up with. I guess being a sort of liason will put them all in a better position.

[kerikeri.livejournal.com]

Re: pic, hee! Oh, that is jealousy if I've ever seen it! Poor thing.

Really, until they know what sort of consequences could be involved (diseases, pregnancy, etc), they shouldn't go around sleeping with any aliens.

That's true. I doubt they'll put in any outright canon pairings this early in the series, anyway. I just never tend to like the forced "romantic tension between one-shot guest star and recurring character" plots on any series (I seem to remember SG-1 doing it from time to time as well). There's usually just not enough time to make it believable (I know, this coming from someone who fell in love with McKay/Beckett after two episodes... heh).

I think Teyla doesn't want her people cut off without having access to the gate and any knowledge the Atlantis crew might come up with. I guess being a sort of liason will put them all in a better position.

Ah, that makes sense.

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

That's true. I doubt they'll put in any outright canon pairings this early in the series, anyway. I just never tend to like the forced "romantic tension between one-shot guest star and recurring character" plots on any series (I seem to remember SG-1 doing it from time to time as well). There's usually just not enough time to make it believable (I know, this coming from someone who fell in love with McKay/Beckett after two episodes... heh).

Ugh, neither do I. One ep just isn't enough time to convince me it's true love. I'm hoping they won't go that route on this show.

Honestly, I won't mind what they do as long as they leave my OTP alone.

[tiamatschild.livejournal.com]

Has religion *ever* been shown in a good light on this show? Really, the dead horse theme of religious oppression and insanity is getting a bit overused.

Thank heaven for fanfic crossovers is all I can say. *BG* And yes it has, just not Western style organized religion.

See, they already have food production problems. Didn't they make any sort of preparations at all? Did they just bring a bunch of MREs, except for the food they ate at that first dinner?

My guess is that they did, but there isn't a whole lot of food that can be easily carried along on an expedition like this. It tends to take up large amounts of space, and if you're not sure if you're going to find a place where you can preserve what you've brought, you're not going to want to bring more than a day or two worth of fresh stuff. I hate to admit it, but processed field food does keep much better.

I would bet that they've mostly been trading for food - Sergent Stackhouse is mentioned as leading recon missions with Athosians along which would suggest trade to my mind - and with Gate travel shut down don't have access to that anymore.

*G* I have an oc running about in my head whose first action upon entering Atlantis (well, almost) was to look for a kitchen and claim it for Texas, so I've given a fair amount of thought to this.

"Sarah! Help! I can't get the cupboards open!"

"Are they glowing?"

"Yes."

"I see."

"Um. What does that mean?"

"...I don't know."

I admit it, I still laugh when I see Rainbow's name in the credits. Those were some cruel parents, yo.

Like I said to my Grandpa, the guy is clearly the kid of hippies.

McKay has *really* weird eating habits. Just, ew. Military food?

It was the bit about being unable to get seconds of airplane food that cracked me up. But really, when you think about it, that makes sense. We know that he didn't get on with his parents and was an alternately ignored and yelled at child, so he probably didn't get a lot of proper food as a kid. Too many packets of icky pre-prepared food will do odd things to a person's taste, especially if they're in their formative years.

Aw, another cute scientist, and an anthropologist this time.

Not much of one, if his first focus is the ruins, not the people. /snotty Sorry, I just hate that someone on this show's staff decided artifacts are the first concern of social scientists, when someone like that should be bouncing at the thought of getting to meet a brand new and totally different society. Just because Daniel goes gooey at ruins doesn't mean they're everybody's favorite.

(Of course, I appear to be one of the few people watching SG1 who thinks it's blatantly obvious that Daniel is a researcher and linguist, not an excavator. An excavator would kill him for some of those habits of his - like touching the painted walls, or picking up artifacts. It makes me twitch just watching him, sometimes.)

Ok, so the Wraith put it there? And then Teyla's father somehow got hold of it. Yeah...gotcha.

Actually, as someone who makes jewelry out of found objects, that made good sense to me. It's shiny, after all, and weaving it into a cord makes it a very attractive piece. I'd probably have done the same thing.

I love McKay in the field. He can act under fire (like pulling Shep out of there), but beforehand is nervous as hell. So frelling cute.

*nodnodnod* It makes so much sense as behavior for someone who isn't accustomed to physical danger.

I wish they'd let Teyla win on her own, but nooo, Shep has to save her. Dammit.

*nodnod* SO unfair. *angry pouting*

Golly, though, that was fun. Though I wanted to smack Sergeant Bates for being a bigoted idiot. Yeah, sure, it can't possibly be one of the folks from Earth because you know them all SO well. Right. 'Cause I'm certain you grew up knowing them, and knowing their parents and families and so on.

(Sorry, that ticked me off because it was so stupid - personally I'd have had my suspicions about everyone.)

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

My guess is that they did, but there isn't a whole lot of food that can be easily carried along on an expedition like this. It tends to take up large amounts of space, and if you're not sure if you're going to find a place where you can preserve what you've brought, you're not going to want to bring more than a day or two worth of fresh stuff. I hate to admit it, but processed field food does keep much better.

True, but I would have brought seeds along, at least. The processed food will only feed so many people for so long, so unless they find a steady source of trading, they need to start growing some food.

*G* I have an oc running about in my head whose first action upon entering Atlantis (well, almost) was to look for a kitchen and claim it for Texas, so I've given a fair amount of thought to this.

For Texas? Lol.

It was the bit about being unable to get seconds of airplane food that cracked me up. But really, when you think about it, that makes sense. We know that he didn't get on with his parents and was an alternately ignored and yelled at child, so he probably didn't get a lot of proper food as a kid. Too many packets of icky pre-prepared food will do odd things to a person's taste, especially if they're in their formative years.

Good point! I'll bet he ate a lot of instant macaroni and cheese. I wouldn't wish that on anymore.

Not much of one, if his first focus is the ruins, not the people. /snotty Sorry, I just hate that someone on this show's staff decided artifacts are the first concern of social scientists, when someone like that should be bouncing at the thought of getting to meet a brand new and totally different society. Just because Daniel goes gooey at ruins doesn't mean they're everybody's favorite.

Heh. I have a feeling the Stargate writers confuse anthropologist with archaeologist. I mean, if there are no people, the ruins are your best bet to learn about them, but yeah, if they're still there, focus on them.

*nodnodnod* It makes so much sense as behavior for someone who isn't accustomed to physical danger.

Uh huh. Not everyone is going to take to it quickly, and I like that he's allowed to get nervous about placing his life in danger.

Golly, though, that was fun. Though I wanted to smack Sergeant Bates for being a bigoted idiot. Yeah, sure, it can't possibly be one of the folks from Earth because you know them all SO well. Right. 'Cause I'm certain you grew up knowing them, and knowing their parents and families and so on.

Lol. To be fair, I'd have a hard time buying that one of the Earth crew would do that. I mean, they agreed to go on a one-way trip and most of them are scientists who just want to learn about the ancient city. But yeah, dismissing it completely wasn't a smart thing. Like you said, suspect everyone and you won't overlook something important.

[tiamatschild.livejournal.com]

True, but I would have brought seeds along, at least. The processed food will only feed so many people for so long, so unless they find a steady source of trading, they need to start growing some food.

Yep, but that'll take some months to be really productive in terms of food. If they manage to simulate a growing season (and have seedlings) it won't be as long, but if they can't find the facilities to do that they'll have to wait. Some crops would probably have matured by that time (the leafy veggies, mostly), but I wouldn't want to try to feed a city on them, and a large amount of that first crop will need to be set aside for seed. Really, I can see how they'd run into a shortage.

Three months... Yeah, that'd be about the point at which you could expect a hydroponics harvest soon, but not yet.

For Texas? Lol.

She's an anthropologist from the Great State, and insists that she can because it was a Republic at one point, therefore it counts as a country. Besides, as the only resident of Texas running about, the kitchen is therefore her's to look after (after she points this out the protester generally shuts up and leaves her to it - cooking for a community is not something most people want to be in charge of).

Heh. I have a feeling the Stargate writers confuse anthropologist with archaeologist. I mean, if there are no people, the ruins are your best bet to learn about them, but yeah, if they're still there, focus on them.

Exactly. We seem to have more than one person of each discipline running around (I can think of no other reason for the flock of physicists), so I bet he got chewed out for that later.

Lol. To be fair, I'd have a hard time buying that one of the Earth crew would do that. I mean, they agreed to go on a one-way trip and most of them are scientists who just want to learn about the ancient city.

Well, it doesn't make any less sense than people who have been in danger from the Wraith for centuries, and lost family and friends to them doing the same thing... *shrug* I'm not surprised it wasn't anyone's fault. No one had any motive.

But yeah, dismissing it completely wasn't a smart thing. Like you said, suspect everyone and you won't overlook something important.

Yeah, and you're less likely to get locked into one theory. And you make less of a jackass of yourself (listen to this Bates, it's important).

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

Yep, but that'll take some months to be really productive in terms of food. If they manage to simulate a growing season (and have seedlings) it won't be as long, but if they can't find the facilities to do that they'll have to wait. Some crops would probably have matured by that time (the leafy veggies, mostly), but I wouldn't want to try to feed a city on them, and a large amount of that first crop will need to be set aside for seed. Really, I can see how they'd run into a shortage.

Well, I'm thinking more long-term. I mean, they think it's a one-way trip, possibly, so they should be thinking about years from now. A good balance of trade, crops, maybe even hunting if the planet has animals, would be best. Maybe the Athosians will take up some of that on the mainland and they can trade.

Three months... Yeah, that'd be about the point at which you could expect a hydroponics harvest soon, but not yet.

I keep thinking of the hydroponics bay on Voyager. They had a similar thing, stuck in a far off galaxy for years, so they had to grow food in case trade wasn't an option.

She's an anthropologist from the Great State, and insists that she can because it was a Republic at one point, therefore it counts as a country. Besides, as the only resident of Texas running about, the kitchen is therefore her's to look after (after she points this out the protester generally shuts up and leaves her to it - cooking for a community is not something most people want to be in charge of).

Hee, sounds cute. And yeah, someone has to be in charge of those sorts of things. They're gonna have to assign some people to cooking and cleaning and such.

Exactly. We seem to have more than one person of each discipline running around (I can think of no other reason for the flock of physicists), so I bet he got chewed out for that later.

Probably a good thing, in case some of these people die.

Well, it doesn't make any less sense than people who have been in danger from the Wraith for centuries, and lost family and friends to them doing the same thing... *shrug* I'm not surprised it wasn't anyone's fault. No one had any motive.

True. I'm glad it turned out to be no one's fault. I do like that they set up the suspicion of a traitor early on, though, mentioning that in the pilot.

Yeah, and you're less likely to get locked into one theory. And you make less of a jackass of yourself (listen to this Bates, it's important).

Lol. Maybe Bates and that guy Cavenaugh from last week will learn their lessons :)

[slashophile.livejournal.com]

I can not believe the loveliness that is platonic Sheppard/McKay. They do bring teh pretteh yo. They have a wonderful bit of chemistry.

I actually started to like Teyla a little bit in this episode. I must give her a bit of respect for fighting the head-honch like wraith and then she let her people go and stayed with the Atlantis peeps. Hallin (or whatever the fuck his name is) pissed me off. Dude, suck it up and kick ass already, jeez.

So not enough Beckett/McKay-ness for me but I'll take what I can get. ::le sigh::

So not going to survive any bit of the hiatus.

"...He's changed." ::snerk::

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

Word to that! I'm so happy with the evolving friendships here.

Yeah, we need less Halling after this. He took up valuable screen time that could have been given to Carson.

[slashophile.livejournal.com]

He so did. ::pummels Halling with a blunt instrument:: Take that bi-yatch.

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